Melvin Miller gets a Laguna Beach week of wild welcome
Peoria factory foreman Melvin Miller, an ordinary Joe, arrives in Laguna Beach after Marine Capt. Joe Gestson arranged a week of fun. He is greeted by 300 at the airport, mobbed at Sandpaper Bar, and given a city welcome by Mayor Jesse Riddell. He will attend a civic breakfast and the Melvin Miller Stakes at Del Mar before returning to the Sandpiper.
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Joe Gestson
Mel Miller
Peoria
Ill
Laguna Beach
Calif
Gestson
Mel
West Coast
Melvin Millcreek
Melvin
Joe
Laguna
Los Angeles
Jesse Riddell
Des Moines Insurance
Miller
Sandpaper Bar
Marine Hangout
Gestion
Ocean Front
del Mar
Melvin Miller
September heat continues in the Miami Valley
A high pressure system brings warm, moist air for several days with forecast highs in the 90s and sunny conditions. Tonight remains hot and humid with a low near 68, while Middletown recorded a 91 degree high yesterday and a 63 degree low this morning.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Rudolph wins first heat in Olympic 100 meters
Wilma Rudolph of Clarksville Tennessee defeats the world record holder in the second round heat with a time of 11.5 seconds. Germany’s Armin Hary wins the Olympic 100 meters in 10.2 seconds, equalling his Olympic record and defeating Dave Sime. The U S fails to place in the 800 meters as three 400 meter hurdles qualifiers advance.
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Rudolph
Clarksville
Tenn
Rome
Germany
Armin Hary
United States
Dave Sime
Duke Flash
Hary
Durham
N.C
U.S
Johnny Woodruff
House Sugar Bill Debate Keeps Congress On Job
Reporter Jack Bell notes ongoing debate on the sugar bill as Congress remains in session. Both parties press for action while urging vigilance on price, trade, and consumer impacts.
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Congress
Kennedy and Nixon bid farewell as Congress adjourns
Washington reports both presidential hopefuls delivering stark goodbyes to a heated Congress. Kennedy vowed to return in January to press civil rights and other items, while Nixon, hospitalized, faulted Democratic leaders for not delivering a program. Both see a likely Republican-Southern coalition shaping any decisive votes.
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Nie Lins Tney
Unmouht
Wvon
Congress
Nixon
Herbert G. Klein
Democratic Party
Eisenhower
Debates Set for Nixon and Kennedy Campaign
The first televised VP Nixon and Senator Kennedy debate is scheduled for September 26 with later clashes on October 13 and 21 and a possible fourth on October 8. The Chicago session will cover domestic policy while foreign policy is set for New York on October 21. October 13 will be a news panel discussion.
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Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Chicago
New York
Kennedy’s stance on wage bill seen as campaign message
The text notes Kennedy’s choice to let a stripped-down minimum wage bill die so it could be revived in a new Congress and with a new president. It argues he could claim power to veto future measures and push his agenda if elected, contrasting with Nixon’s potential approach.
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Melvin
Yvonne Jones
Congress
Kennedy
Nixon
Ambitious porter filmed lighting coal stove on cue
London based Anglo-Indian Danny Almond, 29, a Woodgrange Park station porter, gained fame for lighting flames from kerosene gargle on station fires. A TV talent scout tracked him to his room and signed him to demonstrate fire lighting on camera.
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London
Danny Almond
Woodgrange Park
Danny
Becomes Too Commercial North Beach Beatnik Flight
North Beach, once a haven for beatniks in San Francisco, has seen a mass departure as the scene grows louder and more commercial. Bearded originals head to Venice, New Orleans, or Europe while newcomers fill the streets with tourists drawn to the spectacle. Saloon owner Henri Lenoir hires Hubert Leslie to play the part and attract visitors.
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North Beach
Venice
California
New Orleas
Pocatello
Idaho
New York
Utopia
Europe
Henri Lenoir
Lenoir
Hubert Leslie
Hube
Hubert
Berlin Travel Ban Enforced Across City Line
East German police blocked West German visitors from entering Berlin. Guards at crossing points and along the frontier turned back nonresidents, keeping them 110 miles behind the Iron Curtain in a strict enforcement of the separation.
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Berlin
Chuckle Girdle Prevents Figures From Becoming Facts
A playful gag item mocks a device that would turn numbers into unreliable truths. It riffs on counting errors and the failure of statistics to tell a real story, using tongue in cheek asides about figures remaining mere figures rather than facts.
Has Romance Died Mrs Johnson Poses Outside Court
Mrs Jessie A Johnson aged 80 stands outside a Los Angeles courtroom after a pre divorce hearing. She says her husband George, 59, refuses to pay any attention to her, according to AP Wirephoto.
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Jessie A. Johnson
Los Angeles
Wife's Poetry Fails To Win Husband's Love
Los Angeles AP reports 80 year old Jesse A. Johnson says poetry failed to win romance from his spouse. His wife sued for temporary support, presenting verses about faded affection. She secured $25 weekly temporary alimony after arguing the marriage lacked romance.
Sugar quota row stalls Congress adjournment
Washington AP sugar legislation sparks inter‑American tension as both the House and Senate stay in session past nightfall. Dirksen’s substitute grants the president discretionary power to cut the Dominican Republic sugar quota, while House leaders push limited authority with conditions. Debate over Cuba and Dominican policy dominates as lawmakers tally votes on aid, housing, dairy price supports, and a possible October session.
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Edmond LE Breton
Washington
Congress
Senate
Lewder
Eisenhower
Dominican Republic
Dirksen
House
Cuba
Wns
White House
Latin America
Harold D. Cooley
New Cuban Property Grabs Seen
HAVANA Cuba AP Raul Castro signaled the seizure of remaining US property in Cuba worth about 250 million dollars is imminent The firebrand minister of armed forces told a midnight sugar workers rally that the regime does not plan to confiscate the large US base at Guantanamo for now He called the base obsolete and predicted it will be handed over to Cuba sooner or later.
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Havana
Cuba
Raul Castro
Armed Forces
Guantanamo
Fidel Castro rally hints at anti US accusations at Guantanamo
The article cites Raul Castro accusing anti Castro forces of training at Guantanamo and warning that any provocation there will have consequences. It notes Raul signaling another seizure of American properties may be announced at Fidel Castro's Friday rally to answer San Jose's declaration, while sugar workers jeered Raul's remark about North American businesses remaining in Cuba.
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Guantanamo
Castro
Fidel Castro
San Jose
Raul
Castro regime vows bold retaliation over seized properties
Raul Castro, denouncing US policy and the OAS stance on Soviet rocket aid, claims Cuba has seized about 100 million dollars of American property and warns that remaining assets will be intervened. He pledges mass retaliation against any US attack and vows to end colonial oppression.
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Organization of American States
Cuba
United States
No Place To Go High Schools Refuse Shantytown Students
Detroit officials and Michigan leaders meet to address 24 Royal Oak Township graduates lacking high school enrollment as Detroit Ferndale and Oak Park refuse due to space and budget strains. Officials seek local solution amid claims of potential racial prejudice and widespread schooling gaps in the shantytown community.
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Michigan
Little, Detroit
Royal Oak Township
Detroit
Ferndale
Oak Park
Cally
Val ‘Township
Roy Oak Township
Lynn S. Bartlett
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